The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

104 mins | Comedy, Horror, TV Movie | Oct. 31, 1980

A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

104 mins | Comedy, Horror, TV Movie | Oct. 31, 1980

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. Angered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane pooh-poohs the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Jensen Farley Pictures, Sunn Classic Pictures, Schick Sunn Classics
Original title The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Directors Judi Brown, Henning Schellerup
Writers Jack Jacobs, Thomas C. Chapman, Malvin Wald, Washington Irving

Cast

Jeff Goldblum

as Ichabod Crane

Dick Butkus

as Brom Bones

Meg Foster

as Katrina Van Tassel

Paul Sand

as Frederic Dutcher

Laura Campbell

as Thelma Vanderhoof Dumke

James Griffith

as Squire Van Tassel

Michael Ruud

as Winthrop Palmer

Karin Isaacson

as Jenny

H.E.D. Redford

as Karl

Tiger Thompson

as Jan Van Tassel

Michael Witt

as Ted Vanderhoof

Jean Coulter

as Singer

John Sylvester White

as Fritz Vanderhoof